Peak Linseed Meal Output Reaches Record Domestic Supply
WFA reports linseed cake and meal output 20 percent above last year with season totals likely to top one million tons, a record for domestic use as foreign trade remains negligible due to wartime shipping limits. Prices rise across Minneapolis Kansas City Boston and San Francisco amid strong demand and depleted hay stocks. Alfalfa meal production also rapid as milling output shifts to consuming channels.
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WFA
Coast
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Boston
San Francisco
Butterfat Yield at Ridgeway Creamery Sets Record
Decorah The Lincoln creamery at Ridgeway produced 408 638 pounds of butter from 328 444.6 pounds of butterfat with a 24.41 percent overrun last year. The average butterfat price was 54.77 cents per pound. Officers for 1944 include Thomas Benson president P L Anderson vice president O T Sime secretary treasurer L W Martinek Edwin Vrba Elmer Bergan B J Bouska Albert Fulsaas.
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Decorah
Lincoln Creamery
Ridgeway
Thomas Benson
P. L. Anderson
O. T. Sime
L. W. Martinek
Edwin Vrba
Elmer Bergan
B. J. Bouska
Albert Fulsaas
Vanderloo Named President-Elect of Veterinary Ass'n
DES MOINES AP Dr V B Vanderloo of Dubuque is the new president elect of the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association and will serve with Dr George A Hawthorne of Clarinda who became president after a term as president elect. Other officers installed Friday include Dr P O Dorweiler West Bend first vice president Dr W C Ver Plocg Pella second vice president Dr C C Franks Des Moines secretary and treasurer Dr B E McCulloch Eagle Grove elected executive board member Second district and Dr T W Gidley Malvern from the Third district.
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Des Moines
V. B. Vanderloo
Dubuque
Iowa Veterinary Medical Association
George A. Hawthorne
Clarinda
P. O Dorweiler
West Bend
W. C Ver Plocg
Pella
C. C. Franks
B E. McCulloch
Eagle Grove
T W. Gidley
Malvern
Seed Oats Bring $1.10 to $1.30 Near North Liberty
Twelve hundred bushels of Control seed oats Ames tested for purity and germination sold from $1.10 to $1.30 a bushel at the Frank Zeller sale four miles west of North Liberty Wednesday. Holstein cows topped at 110 dollars. yearling bull 90. horses 63 to 112. various farm implements and other livestock sold at Midwest county sales. Cows at Fred Stapp sale near Columbus Junction brought 112. heifers 98. white face bull 82. additional prices listed for sheep pigs hay and equipment.
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North Liberty
Ames
Frank Zeller
Columbus Junction
Fred. Stapp
Henry T Swailes
Here
Ruth Tabor Promoted To Ames Administrative Supervisor
Ruth Tabor of Independence rises from Farm Security Administration clerk-typist to assistant administrative supervisor. She will oversee offices across 65 North Iowa counties.
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Independence
Ruth Tabor
R. B. Tabor
Farm Security Administration
Ames
Miss Tabor
North
Iowa
Machine Repair Course Opens at Volga Garage
A six week machinery repair course begins this week at the A R Kunzman garage in Volga City. The program operates with government cooperation and the public school aiding instruction.
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Volga
Volga City
A. R. Kunzman
Fence Drift in woven tire hints at unusual winter
A fragment notes a grand rain that largely soaked the ground and mentions an unusual winter. It references February approaching and speculates on how much winter remains, suggesting a reversal of seasons and endless winter if continued.
Farm wage ceiling sparks Farm Bureau critique in Washington
President Edward A. O Neal of the American Farm Bureau Federation attacks the new 2400 annual wage cap for farm workers as potentially stirring unrest among workers earning less than the maximum. He testifies before the House Buildings Committee amid postwar policy proposals and urges voluntary price and wage controls tied to abundance.
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Washington
Edward A. O’neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
O'Neal
House Buildings Committee
Rep. Manasco
D-Ala
Federation
United States
Creamery Officers Named At Earlville
Earlville creamery association officers were elected at the annual meeting. Joe Kaiser became president, Walter Ortberg vice president, Chris Rohr secretary and treasurer. Jer ome Baum was re-elected manager and buttermaker, with Joe Kaiser and Dani Hunt elected directors alongside Will Kragenbrink, Henry Sharp, Raymond Ham, and Dan Gibbs.
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Earlville
Joe Kaiser
Walter Ortberg
Chris Rohr
Farmers’ Creamery Association
Jerome Baum
Dani Hunt
Will Kragenbrink
Henry Sharp
Raymond Ham
Dan Gibbs
Speakers Named for Wool Growers Meeting in Des Moines
Charles Sexton secretary of the Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers association said Friday that speakers for the annual meeting in Des Moines on February 10 will be announced. The event gathers growers to discuss industry issues and future plans.
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Wool Growers’ Meeting
Des Moines
Charles Sexton
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Auction Sale of Farm Assets by Traving on Tuesday
Traving sells farm at auction Tuesday February 1 at 1 pm. Location 115 miles east of Cedar Rapids on No 30 past Dairydale school. Includes 4 milking cows 1 work horse farm machinery hay and grain. cash terms. Mike Hadrava owner Charles J. Madison, auctioneer.
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Cedar Rapids
Dairydale School
McCormick
Mike Hadrava
Chas. J. Madison
Auct
Crib on Ross Childs Farm Cost $242
A portable slat crib with 3 000 bushel capacity and 80 foot length was built at the Ross Childs farm three miles northeast of Manchester in two days. The roof was added after filling with corn and used two by fours sleepers and railroad ties.
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Manchester
Ross Childs
Officials Named From Farm Credit Agencies In D.C.
L. B. Martin of the Farm Credit Administration in Washington D C and William T. Darden procedure officer in the General Crops Division of the Commodity Credit Corporation in Washington D C are cited in the record.
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L. B. Martin
The
Farm Credit Administration
Washington, D. C
William T. Darden
General Crops Division
Commodity Credit Corporation
Elgin Man Registers Highland Maple as Herd Name
Elgin resident Myron K. Chapman recorded Highland Maple as the herd name for his purebred Holstein cattle, official registry records show. The move marks Chapmans ownership and branding of his dairy herd in the Elgin area.
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Elgin
Myron K. Chapman
Atkins-Charles Beatty Leads Chicago Steer Sale
Atkins Charles Beatty tops Chicago bidding at 17 dollars per hundredweight for 22 Hereford steers averaging 1379 pounds.
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Atkins
Charles Beatty
Chicago
Lightning destroys barn near Tipton in January fire
Fire struck a barn four miles southwest of Tipton, near Lester Goodale, in January, spreading rapidly and destroying the structure and its contents. Livestock and harness were saved.
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the Gazette
Tipton
Lester Goodale
Tipon
Chelsea-Walter Rich Top Market With 395 Lambs
Walter Rich led the Chicago market Thursday selecting 395 head of 112-pound lambs bringing $16.35 per head.
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Chelsea
Walter Rich
Chicago
Interior Hog Kill Hits All Time High
Des Moines reported interior hog slaughter last week rose to a record 281,820 head from 273,383. Five day totals showed 269,000 on interior markets versus 264,700 the prior year’s first five days. Prices: under 300 lb steady, 300 to 330 lb up 40–50 cents, top week at 13.50, most hogs 13.20 to 13.45, sows mostly steady, weights 360–400 lb at 1,140 to 1,180.
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Livestock Market News Service
Des Moines
Coming Farm Auctions Schedule Across Iowa
A sequence of farm auctions listed by date and location includes sales by Roy and Harvey Fruehauf at 434 miles west of Cedar Rapids on Saturday January 29, Iowa Here ford Breeders at Cedar Rapids on Monday January 31, and many more through February 16 with sales in Belle Plaine North Liberty Muscatine Lisbon and Cedar Rapids. Names such as Tatge ill Harold Bachman Timm Had rava Rogers Weaver Davis Horn Skipton Hampton and others are shown as closings out and gilt sales across multiple towns.
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Harvey Fruehauf
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Earl Tatge
Belle Plaine
Harold Bachman
Clarence
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Harold C. Timm
Muscatine
Mike Hadrava
Emil Pidima
Fairfax
Rogers and Weaver
Alburnett
L. B. Davis
North Liberty
Ward Horn
Skipton
Floyd Hampton
Whittier
A. W. Martin and Sons
Marion
Northeastern
Duroc
Lisbon
Marketings limited as producers delay breeding stock
The text notes a general tendency among many producers to breed their foundation stock later than usual. The delay is linked to uncertainty about price ceilings after October 1, 1944, affecting planning and marketing.
Anamosa REA Meeting Rescheduled to Feb 29
Ed Beach, manager, informed members that the Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric cooperative annual meeting in Anamosa has been set back to February 29 from the original February 2 date.
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Anamosa
Ed Beach
Maquoketa Valley
Linn County Supervisors Set Salaries And Appointments
Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors fixes county employee salaries beginning January 3 1944 approves multiple department pay scales and staffing. It approves appointments for the Linn County Home and outlines fees and relief payments and authorizes a scavenger sale bid representative.
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Proceedings OF the Board OF Supervisors
Linn County
Iowa
Super Service Or Co
Standard Ot
Suchomel
Third Ave
Wood Frank Mer
Witwer Grocer Co
Vigme
Yost Dr C
Sol
FF Frederick
Wesley Bartosh
RL Lynch
Jake Searles
Francis Butler
Tae
Howard Jordan
Howard Lockwood
James Moubry
Cc Walmer
Frederick
Oliver T Baker
Ceeeeesee Senor
Glenn Bassett Sesso
John Cassatt
Ceserevene Op Seve
Geo Clark
Holy
Merl Kramer
Wilbur Oliphant
Howard Ramsey
John Soukup Oe
Board of Supervisors
C L Beeson
Rob’t M. Vesely
Eastern Iowa AAA to Convene on 1944 Food Program
Triple A committeemen from over 30 eastern Iowa counties gather in Cedar Rapids Saturday for a conference on the 1944 food production program. The Cedar Rapids meeting is one of three Iowa sessions this week with Storm Lake and Creston also hosting. Attending are Leroy K. Smith from Washington DC, T. B. Walker and T. J. McGuire from Washington, and Iowa AAA committee members from Des Moines.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Storm Lake
Creston
Leroy K. Smith
Washington, D. C
T. B. Walker
T. J.mcguire
Washington
Iowa Aaa
Des Moines
West Union Farm Loan Assn Plans Feb 4 Meeting
D. T. Day of Oelwein announced the annual meeting of the West Union National Farm Loan association set for Feb 4. Speakers include Frank Osborne, vice-president of the Federal Land Bank of Omaha. Association directors will be elected.
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West Union
D. T. Day of Oelwein
West Union National Farm Loan Association
Frank Osborne
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
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